Box Crab
Food-Snails
Habitat-Soft rock surfaces with places to hide
Adaptation- Crushing knobs and hooks on claws for eating snails.
Facts- Both claws are the same length but have different features.
Food-Snails
Habitat-Soft rock surfaces with places to hide
Adaptation- Crushing knobs and hooks on claws for eating snails.
Facts- Both claws are the same length but have different features.
Starfish
Food-Plankton,clams, and oysters
Habitat- Atlantic, pacific, and arctic oceans
Adaptations- Calcareous skin- for protection/regeneration
Food-Plankton,clams, and oysters
Habitat- Atlantic, pacific, and arctic oceans
Adaptations- Calcareous skin- for protection/regeneration
Sea Horse
Food- crustaceans such as shrimp
Habitat- Sea grass beds and coral reefs in tropical waters
Adaptations- Mobile eyes/can see without moving
Facts- The male sea horses carry the fertililized eggs instead of the women.
Food- crustaceans such as shrimp
Habitat- Sea grass beds and coral reefs in tropical waters
Adaptations- Mobile eyes/can see without moving
Facts- The male sea horses carry the fertililized eggs instead of the women.
Black Tip Reef Shark
Food- Reef fish, stingrays, and crustaceans
Habitat- Coral reef and shadow lagoons
Adaptations- Teeth are in rows. First row for obtaining food second row for rotating it
Food- Reef fish, stingrays, and crustaceans
Habitat- Coral reef and shadow lagoons
Adaptations- Teeth are in rows. First row for obtaining food second row for rotating it
Gray Whale
Food-Small crustacean such as asamphipods and tube worms.
Habitat- shallow coastal waters in the north pacific ocean
Adaptation- long torpedo shaped body great for swimming,
Tiger Shark
Food- fish, crustations, mollusks, seabirds, marine mammals
Habitat- Near coasts in tropical and subtropical waters
Adaptations- sharp teeth to eat fish squid and turtles.
Food- fish, crustations, mollusks, seabirds, marine mammals
Habitat- Near coasts in tropical and subtropical waters
Adaptations- sharp teeth to eat fish squid and turtles.
Blue Tang
Food- Algae and small crustaceans
Habitat- near reefs of East Africa, Japan, Samoa, New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef
Adaptation- Blue skin to help camouflage them in water
Food- Algae and small crustaceans
Habitat- near reefs of East Africa, Japan, Samoa, New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef
Adaptation- Blue skin to help camouflage them in water
Convict Tang
Food- Reef algae
Habitat- Coral reefs
Adaptation- Blades on both sides yet poorly developed, swim in schools for protection
Food- Reef algae
Habitat- Coral reefs
Adaptation- Blades on both sides yet poorly developed, swim in schools for protection
Manatees
Food- shoreline vegetation
Habitat- shallow warm coastal waters with a lot of vegetation
Adaptations- for swimming, they are agile enough to maneuver well under water
Facts- referred to as the "Sea Cow" because of the way it grazes vegetation.
Food- shoreline vegetation
Habitat- shallow warm coastal waters with a lot of vegetation
Adaptations- for swimming, they are agile enough to maneuver well under water
Facts- referred to as the "Sea Cow" because of the way it grazes vegetation.
Dugongs
Food- mainly sea grasses but also eats invertebrates
Habitat- shallow water plentiful vegetation
Adaptations- flat tail for easier underwater movements
Food- mainly sea grasses but also eats invertebrates
Habitat- shallow water plentiful vegetation
Adaptations- flat tail for easier underwater movements